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STATE  OF  NEW  YORK 

NEW  EDUCATION  BUILDING 

SECOND  ARCHITECTURAL  COMPETITION 

The  Capitol 
Albany 

The  Board  of  Award  hereby  announces  the  terms  of  the  second  competition,  with 
accompanying  suggestions : 

Limited  competition 

There  were  sixty-three  sets  of  designs  presented  in  the  first  competition.  This  com- 
petition is  limited  to  the  authors  of  the  ten  designs  determined  to  have  the  most  merit 
in  the  first  competition.  These  authors  are  as  follows : 

Allen  & Collens,  6 Beacon  st.,  Boston,  Mass. 

Martin  C.  Miller  & Walter  P.  R.  Pember,  Mutual  Life  bldg.,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. 

Pell  & Corbett,  31  Union  square,  New  York  City 

George  Cary,  184  Delaware  av.,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. 

Palmer  & Hornbostel,  63  William  st.,  New  York  City 

Wells  & Hathaway,  1118  Tremont  bldg.,  Boston,  Mass. 

Hedman  & Schoen  and  Goodwin  & Jacoby,  302  Broadway,  New  York  City 

J.  H.  Freedlander,  244  Fifth  av.,  New  York  City 

Howells  & Stokes,  ioo  William  st.,  New  York  City 

P.  Thornton  Marye  and  Frederic  W.  Brown  & A.  Ten  Eyck  Brown,  Equi- 
table bldg.,  Atlanta,  Ga. 

To  become  parties  to  this  competition  the  foregoing  architects  must  advise  the  Com- 
missioner of  Education  of  their  agreement  so  to  do  not  later  than  February  1,  1907. 

What  the  State  will  expect  of  the  architect 

The  State  authorities  are  exceedingly  anxious  to  secure  the  best  architectural  re- 
sults and  the  fullest  attainable  measure  of  utility  in  this  building.  They  hope  that  the 
building  may  be  erected  expeditiously,  with  the  best  materials  and  methods  of  construc- 
tion, upon  plans  completed  and  at  a cost  closely  ascertained  before  it  is  commenced, 
and  with  open  and  frank  methods  as  well  as  entire  integrity.  These  purposes  are  per- 


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haps  [lightened  by  the  experiences  of  the  State  in  connection  with  the  Capitol.  The  State 
will  exact  from  the  architect  the  utmost  helpfulness  in  realizing  its  purposes.  It  is 
fully  intended  to  give  the  architect’s  commission  to  the  author  of  assured  responsibility 
presenting  in  this  competition  the  design  held  to  be  the  most  meritorious  by  the  Board  of 
Award.  It  must  be  clearly  understood,  however,  that  the  employment  of  the  architect 
can  not  be  made  in  the  dark.  Experience  and  character  must  have  much  weight.  It  is 
not  too  much  to  say  that  a defective  design  associated  with  an  able  and  upright  man 
promises  better  results  than  an  inexperienced  or  a defective  man  associated  with  a very 
artistic  design.  The  anonymity  of  the  competition  will  be  preserved  until  the  designs 
of  first,  second,  and  third  degree  of  merit  have  been  determined.  These  three  designs 
will  thereupon  become  the  property  of  the  State.  If  it  should  appear  that  the  first 
design  is  by  an  author  whose  experience  and  standing  do  not,  in  the  discretion  of  the 
Board,  amply  qualify  him  for  so  important  a trust,  the  Board  will  require  that  in  the- 
management  of  the  building  he  associate  himself  with  some  architect  satisfactory  to 
and  upon  terms  approved  by  the  Board,  but  this  shall  involve  the  State  in  no  additional 
expense. 

Terms  used.  As  used  in  this  program,  the  term  “Architect  or  “Author  ” means 
the  single  competitor,  whether  architectural  firm  or  individual  practitioner;  “Board’’ 
means  the  Board  of  Award  as  defined  by  chapter  698,  laws  of  1906,  section  4;  “ The 
architect  ” or  “ The  appointed  architect  ” means  the  architect  awarded  the  first  prize  of 
the  competition  and  appointed  as  architect  of  the  building  under  the  terms  of  the 
program. 

Drawings.  The  number  and  kind  of  drawings,  and  their  scale,  rendering,  presenta- 
tion, etc.  are  to  be  as  follows : 

( A ) Plans.  Floor  plans  of  all  floors,  including  basement.  In  case  mezzanine  ar- 
rangements are  adopted,  the  plans  of  the  mezzanine  story  shall  be  shown  grouped  on 
one  or  more  separate  sheets. 

(B)  Elevations.  Elevations  of  four  fronts  and  two  sections,  taken  in  such  a way 
as  to  show  the  disposition  of  important  rooms  and  light  courts  if  used. 

The  above  drawings  must  be  to  the  scale  of  --fa  of  an  inch  to  the  foot,  and  walls 
and  piers  to  be  shown  in  solid  black.  The  usual  indications  for  mosaic,  marble  or 
tile  floors  may  be  shown  in  the  hallways  or  corridors,  but  simple  cornice  lines  only  to 
be  shown  in  the  rooms.  A wash  of  one  color  may  be  placed  over  the  halls  and  corridors. 
It  is  desired  that  the  plans  show  clearly  the  hallway,  corridor,  staircase  and  elevator 
spaces,  as  distinguished  from  usable  rooms. 


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The  principal  front  elevation  only  is  to  be  rendered  in  water  color  in  monochrome, 
with  shadows  cast  to  45  degrees.  The  sections  and  three  lesser  elevations  are  to  be 
shown  in  ink  outline  only,  without  rendering  or  cast  shadows. 

( C ) Perspective.  No  perspective  view  is  to  be  submitted. 

( D ) All  drawings  shall  be  on  white  paper  mounted  on  heavy  card  with  simple 
border,  but  shall  not  be  framed  or  glazed.  Sheets  shall  not  exceed  30"  x 50"  in  size. 

(E)  A typewritten  memorandum  or  description  shall  accompany  the  work  of  each 
competitor  and  shall  cover : 

1 A brief  discussion  of  the  general  scheme. 

2 A statement  of  the  number  of  cubic  feet  comprised  in  the  building. 

3 A memorandum  specification  indicating  briefly  the  materials  of  construction  pro- 

posed. 

No  other  drawings  than  those  herein  described  will  be  received  or  considered.  No 
alternative  arrangement  will  be  accepted. 

Materials  and  floor  plans 

In  this  competition  it  will  be  necessary  for  architects  to  set  forth  very  fully  the 
material  to  be  used,  both  outside  and  inside,  and  to  present  floor  plans  covering  all  rooms, 
even  toilet  rooms,  clothes  closets,  storerooms,  and  the  like.  If  the  building  is  to'  be  dis- 
tinguished by  the  use  of  any  particular  stone  the  Board  would  be  glad  if  a New  York 
State  stone  could  be  used,  but  this  is  not  to  be  at  the  sacrifice  of  beauty  and  attractive- 
ness and  durability.  The  Board  does  not  by  this  imply  that  the  use  of  hard,  impervious 
brick  is  outside  of  consideration.  That  question  is,  for  the  present  at  least,  submitted 
to  the  professional  judgment  of  the  competing  architects. 

Relative  merit  of  exterior  and  interior  designs 

A specially  good  interior  arrangement  which  may  easily  be  changed  in  working 
out  the  final  plans  will  not  be  allowed  to  overweigh  an  ineffective  exterior  which  can 
not  so  easily  be  much  changed  after  this  competition.  A strong  and  pleasing  general 
effect  must  still  be  controlling,  but -all  designs  must  now  attempt  all  details  of  both  ex- 
terior design  and  interior  arrangement. 

Debarment.  The  Board  of  Award  may  place  out  of  competition  any  set  of  draw- 
ings as  to  which  the  foregoing  conditions  have  not  beat  observed  or  which  deviate  in 
any  sense  or  respect  from  the  requirements  of  this  program.  Furthermore,  the  Board 
of  Award  believe  that  a building  of  this  character  can  be  built  at  an  average  cost  of  about 
40  cents  per  cubic  feet ; therefore,  in  view  of  the  appropriation  provided  by  the  law,  the 
contents  of  the  building  must  not  exceed  9,000,000  cubic  feet. 


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Cubic  contents.  The  prize  of  the  competition  will  not  be  awarded  ho  the  author 
of  any  design  which  exceeds  in  cubic  contents  a volume  of  nine  million  (9,000,000) 
cubic  feet,  computed  within  the  outer  face  line  of  all  outer  walls,  measured  on  the  plane 
of  that  lowest  story  standing  entirely  above  ground,  between  the  basement  floor  level 
and  the  mean  of  the  roofs. 

The  appointed  architect.  The  architect  appointed  as  herein  provided  shall  so  revise 
his  full  competitive  design  as  to  meet  the  further  requirements  of  the  Board  and  upon 
the  basis  of  this  revised  design  shall  prepare  full  working  drawings  and  specifications 
and  shall,  during  the  construction  of  the  building,  have  full  and  usual  authority  of  archi- 
tect of  the  work  under  and  in  accordance  with  the  terms  of  the  Schedule  of  the  American 
Institute  of  Architects. 

Engineering  services 

The  architect  shall,  subject  to  the  approval  of  the  Board,  engage  and  pay  for  the  ser- 
vices of  a competent  structural  engineer  who  shall,  under  the  general  direction  of  the 
architect,  have  charge  of  all  structural  features  of  the  work. 

Specialties 

In  so  far  as  heating,  ventilating,  mechanical,  electrical  and  sanitary  problems  shall, 
in  the  judgment  of  the  Trustees  of  Public  Buildings,  require  the  services  of  specialists 
the  State  will  expect  to  defray  the  additional  expense  incident  to  such  services,  but  the 
Trustees  reserve  the  right  to  determine  the  propriety,  terms,  and  conditions  of  the  em- 
ployment of  such  specialists. 

Suggestions 

1 Much  ornamental  detail  is  not  thought  desirable.  The  main  reliance  must  be 
upon  forms,  proportions,  and  color  effects,  without  descending  to  gaudiness  or  relying 
upon  multiplicity  of  colors. 

2 It  is  desired  that  the  building  be  placed  in  the  middle  of  the  front  of  the  site, 
25  or  30  feet  from  the  inside  line  of  the  sidewalk,  and  it  is  thought  well  that  a space  of 
perhaps  50  feet  be  left  vacant  at  each  end  of  the  building.  In  studying  desirable  and 
harmonious  general  effects  the  close  proximity  of  the  Capitol  must  of  course  be  kept  in 
mind. 

3 Main  entrances  at  the  middle  of  the  front  and  subordinate  entrances  near  the 
ends  of  the  front  or  on  Hawk  street  and  Swan  street  are  desirable. 

4 All  four  elevations  of  the  building  must  be  attractive.  This  must  be  distinctly 
sought  on  the  rear  and  ends  as  well  as  on  the  front.  A terrace  in  front  seems  inadvis- 
able. 


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5 The  convenience  of  visitors  and  the  claims  of  smooth  and  economical  administra- 
tion require  careful  study.  The  facilities  for  the  expeditious  handling  of  mails,  freight, 
and  supplies,  without  destroying  the  quiet  which  needs  to  be  secured  in  such  a building 
and  without  annoyance  to  the  neighboring  church,  also  require  attention.  To  attain  the 
best  results  in  this  behalf  one  must  understand  the  work,  the  organization,  and  the 
methods  of  the  Education  Department.  Printed  matter  bearing  upon  the  organization 
and  business  of  the  Education  Department  will  be  sent  to  the  competing  architects.  A 
statement  concerning  the  uses,  sizes  and  relations  of  rooms  required  will  be  found  below. 

6 We  are  to  provide  for  invaluable  State  papers,  for  a great  library,  and  for 
scientific  collections  and  ancient  relics  of  prime  value  and  interest  in  the  country.  The 
State  Library  has  now  something  like  500,000  books  and  260,000  historical  manuscripts 
and  maps.  The  State  Museum  has  endless  collections,  incapable  of  duplication.  These 
will  be  indefinitely  extended  and  enriched.  Then  the  matter  of  secure  accommodations, 
free  from  dampness  and  safe  from  fire  and  theft,  and  yet  easy  of  immediate  access,  is 
one  of  much  moment.  The  question  of  steel  vaults  will  claim  the  fullest  examination, 
and  an  architect  who  can  not  make  a roof  that  is  sure  to  shed  water  is  not  up  to>  the 
demands  of  the  occasion. 

7 It  seems  clear  that  the  Audience  room  had  better  be  placed  in  the  east  end  of 
the  basement  and  have  free  openings  upon  the  street,  SO'  that  it  may  be  filled  and  emptied 
without  using  the  corridors  of  the  building.  It  might  be  well  to  arrange  a gallery  to 
this  room  so  that  the  gallery  could  be  entered  from  the  first  floor.  It  may  be  said  that 
this  room  is  not  looked  upon  as  a feature  of  first  importance  in  the  building.  It  should 
be  a comfortable  and  attractive  room,  capable  of  accommodating,  say,  five  or  six  hun- 
dred people.  A descending  floor  is  not  vital  although  a slight  decline  might  be  well. 
The  room  will  be  used  for  small  deliberative  assemblages  and  must  be  so  arranged  as  to 
make  these  bodies  comfortable  and  at  home.  Two  or  three  committee  rooms  in  connec- 
tion with  this  room  are  desirable.  Not  much  ornamental  detail  is  expected  in  this 
room,  but  it  should  be  without  obstructions  to  the  view. 

8 This  building  is  essentially  a working  building.  Good  lights,  free  ventilation, 
and  perfect  sanitation  are  indispensable.  It  would  seem  that  it  should  not  be  such  a 
heavy  building,  with  thick  walls,  as  the  Capitol.  It  is  especially  desirable  to  have  the 
interior  construction  designed  with  columns  and  girders  rather  than  with  walls  as  sup- 
ports, so  that  intermediate  partitions  may  be  removed  or  rearranged  if  later  found  neces- 
sary. This  would  not  prevent,  however,  certain  walls  such  as  those  between  the  main 
divisions  of  the  building  being  carried  through.  Sufficient  provision  for  ventilating  flues 
must  be  made,  but  the  details  of  such  flues  need  not  be  shown.  Interior  courts  should 


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be  avoided,  and  yet  light  corridors  must  be  secured.  In  by  far  the  greater  part  of  the 
building,  there  should  be  good,  comfortable  workrooms. 

9 It  seems  as  though  the  apartments  of  the  general  officers  of  the  Department 
should  be  placed  on  the  first  floor  in  a conspicuous  location.  If  it  works  out  well  the 
rooms  for  the  administrative  divisions  may  be  located  on  the  same  floor  but  there  is  no 
strong  administrative  necessity  for  this.  Without  inconvenience  they,  or  a part  of  them, 
might  be  placed  elsewhere  in  the  building.  It  also  seems  as  though  a good  arrangement 
would  place  the  State  Library  on  the  second  and  third  floors,  with  a staircase  leading 
from  the  front  entrances  up  to  the  second  floor,  and  possibly  to  the  third.  This  scheme 
would  locate  the  Science  Division  on  the  fourth  floor.  The  elevators  would  be  placed 
near  the  main  entrances.  The  library  stacks  are  expected  to  be  placed  in  the  extension 
of  the  site  to  the  rear,  and  may  occupy  all  floors  unless  ample  space  is  secured  without 
using  the  fourth  floor,  so  that  it  may  be  left  to  the  Museum.  But  architects  will  not  feel 
limited  by  these  suggestions  as  to  the  location  of  the  three  grand  divisions  of  the  De- 
partment. 

10  The  rooms  of  first  dignity  in  the  building  are  those  of  the  Board  of  Regents, 
the  Commissioner  of  Education,  and  the  general  rooms  of  the  State  Library.  Next  to 
these  in  importance  are  those  of  the  Assistant  Commissioners  of  Education  and  of  the 
Directors  of  the  State  Library  and  of  the  Science  Division.  It  is  desirable  that  the  rooms 
of  the  Board  of  Regents  and  the  Commissioner  of  Education  be  connected,  and  that 
those  of  the  Assistant  Commissioners  be  not  far  away. 

1 1 There  must  be  private  toilet  rooms  and  clothespresses  in  connection  with  each  of 
the  rooms  of  the  more  important  officers,  and  spacious  accommodations  of  this  char- 
acter for  both  sexes,  convenient  to  the  workrooms  of  employees.  It  seems  desirable 
that  similar  conveniences  for  the  public  shall  be  provided.  Architects  are  enjoined  to 
make  these  sufficiently  numerous,  spacious  and  convenient.  Toilet  rooms  must  not  be 
without  ample  light  and  air. 

12  It  would  seem  that  not  much  space  should  be  given  up  to  large  staircases.  One 
handsome  one,  going  up  one  or  at  the  most  two  stories  in  connection  with  the  Library, 
seems  appropriate.  There  should  be  others  at  the  ends  of  the  building,  but  they  should 
be  inconspicuous.  The  main  reliance  of  the  upper  stories  must  be  upon  the  elevators. 
Attention  is  called  to  the  desirability  of  an  impressive  main  entrance.  This  did  not  seem 
to  be  widely  appreciated  in  the  first  competition. 

DETAILS  AS  TO  THE  DIFFERENT  ROOMS 

The  following  will  indicate  to  architects  the  sizes,  relative  importance,  proper  re- 
lations and  the  ordinary  uses  of  the  rooms  required  in  the  Education  Building : 


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Administration 


1 Regents  Chamber,  with  open  fireplace 

This  room  should  be  of  beautiful  and  dignified  character  suited 
to  the  uses  of  the  highest  educational  Board  of  the  State.  There 
should  be  a cloakroom  of  sufficient  size  for  the  use  of  the  Board 
of  Regents  adjoining  this  chamber. 

2 Commissioner  of  Education,  one  room  with  open  fireplace.  . 

One  room  — Commissioner’s  private  room 

There  should  be  a cloakroom  adjoining  one  of  these  two  rooms 
for  the  use  of  the  Commissioner  of  Education,  and  a toilet  room 
should  be  provided  adjoining  the  rooms  of  the  Commissioner  of 
Education  for  his  use  and  for  the  use  of  the  Board  of  Regents 
when  in  session.  The  large  room  of  the  Commissioner  of  Edu- 
cation should  open  into  the  Regents  Chamber.  The  small  private 
room  of  the  Commissioner  of  Education  need  not  have  communi- 
cation with  any  room  except  with  his  large  room. 

3 First  Assistant  Commissioner,  one  room  with  clothespress 

adjoining 

One  room  — outer  office  with  clothespress  adjoining 

4 Second  Assistant  Commissioner,  one  room  with  clothespress 

adjoining 

One  room  — outer  office  with  clothespress  adjoining 

5 Third  Assistant  Commissioner,  one  room  with  clothespress 

adjoining 

One  room  — outer  office  with  clothespress  adjoining 

The  offices  of  the  Assistant  Commissioners  should  not  be  remote 
from  the  rooms  of  the  Commissioner  of  Education,  but  they  need 
not  necessarily  be  connected  with  his  rooms.  If  upon  the  same 
floor  it  would  suffice.  Each  Assistant  Commissioner  should  have 
as  above  indicated  an  excellent  office  with  a small  outer  office  ad- 
joining it.  If  practicable,  the  offices  of  the  Assistant  Commis- 
sioners may  be  grouped  together  and  one  toilet  room  may  be  cen- 
trally located  for  the  use  of  the  three  Assistant  Commissioners. 
If  the  offices  of  the  Assistant  Commissioners  are  not  grouped  to- 
gether each  Assistant  Commissioner  should  have  a small  toilet  room 
adjoining  his  office.  If  the  offices  of  the  Assistant  Commission- 
ers are  not  located  adjacent  to  the  rooms  of  the  Commissioner  of 


400  sq.  ft 


800  sq.  ft 
400  sq.  ft 


700  sq.  ft 
300  sq.  ft 

700  sq.  ft 
300  sq.  ft 

700  sq.  ft 
300  sq.  ft 


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Education,  it  will  not  be  objectionable  to  have  a general  recep- 
tion room  into  which  each  of  the  offices  of  the  assistant  commis- 
sioners shall  open. 

6 Secretary  to  the  Commissioner,  one  room  with  clothespress 

adjoining 500  sq.  ft 

This  room  should  adjoin  the  large  room  of  the  Commissioner 
of  Education  and  should  possibly  though  not  necessarily  con- 
nect also  with  the  Regents  Chamber.  This  room  should  be  pro- 
vided with  a steel  yault. 

7 Public  receiving  room,  one  room  with  cloakroom  adjoining.  1 000  sq.  ft 

This  room  should  be  near  the  rooms  of  the  Commissioner  of 
Education  and  should  perhaps  connect  with  the  office  of  the  Sec- 
retary to  the  Commissioner  and  with  the  Regents  Chamber.  It 
might  be  well  if  the  rooms  could  be  arranged  to  have  this  pub- 
lic receiving  room  open  into  the  Regents  Chamber  and  the 
Commissioner’s  rooms  on  the  one  side  and  into  the  offices  of  the 
Assistant  Commissioners  on  the  other.  This  is  not  imperative, 
however,  but  it  is  important  that  the  rooms  of  the  Commissioner 
of  Education  be  easily  reached  from  the  public  receiving  room. 

8 Accounts  Division  (four  employees — -one  man  and  three 

women) 

One  room  with  clothespress  adjoining 1 400  sq.  ft 

This  room  should  be  divided  by  a railing  leaving  a space  of 
about  600  sq.  ft  for  the  public  and  800  sq.  ft  for  the  employees  of 
the  division,  who  will  transact  business  with  the  public  from  a 
counter  as  in  a bank.  This  room  should  also  be  provided  with  a 
large  steel  vault  for  the  care  of  the  books,  papers  and  cash  in 
the  hands  of  the  division.  This  room  should  be  located  near  the 
offices  which  have  been  above  indicated. 


The  following  divisions  may  be  grouped  together,  although  it 
is  not  essential  that  they  should  be.  They  need  not  be  near  the 
rooms  of  the  Commissioner  of  Education,  although  it  will  be  bet- 
ter perhaps  if  they  can  all  be  located  on  the  first  floor  of  the 
building. 

9  Compulsory  Attendance  (three  employees  — one  mian  and 
two  women) 

One  room — private  office  of  the  Chief,  with  clothespress  ad- 


joining  4°°  sq-  ft 

One  room  with  clothespress  adjoining 600  sq.  ft 


10 


10  Statistics  Division  (six  employees — two  men  and  four 

women) 

One  room  — private  office  of  the.  Chief,  with  clothespress 
adjoining 

One  room  with  clothespress  adjoining 

If  practicable,  the  Divisions  of  Compulsory  Attendance  and 
Statistics  may  be  connected  so  that  the  offices  of  the  two  chiefs 
will  open  into  the  large  room  of  900  sq.  ft  called  for  under  the 
Statistics  Division. 

11  Examinations  Division  (sixty-four  employees  — fourteen 

men  and  fifty  women) 

Printing  room 

For  type  cases,  presses,  etc.,  also  for  storage  of  plates  and 
stock. 

Question  room 

For  storage  and  distribution  of  question  papers,  and  for  receiv- 
, ing  and  checking  answer  papers  previous  to  distribution  to  ex- 
aminers. 

Readers  room  

To  accommodate  50  readers  and  to  allow  for  future  expansion. 

Academic  record  room 

Professional  record  room 

Registration  room 

Storage  room  

This  should  communicate  with  the  academic  record  room. 

Stenographers  room 

Editing  room _ 

To  afford  suitable  accommodations  and  seclusion  for  the  edit- 
ing and  otherwise  preparing  of  question  papers. 

Office  for  Chief 

Office  for  assistants 

The  Examinations  Division  should  be  provided  with  a suitable 
cloakroom  for  men  and  for  women,  and  also  with  convenient 
toilet  rooms  for  men  and  for  women. 


1 1 


400  sq.  ft 
900  sq.  ft 


1 200  sq.  ft 


1 200  sq.  ft 


5 000  sq.  ft 

1 200  sq.  ft 
800  sq.  ft 
600  sq.  ft 

2 000  sq.  ft 

625  sq.  ft 
400  sq.  ft 


400  sq.  ft 
800  sq.  ft 


UNIVERSITY  OF  ILLINOIS 
LIBRARY 


12  Inspections  Division  (three  employees — ■ one  man  and  two 

women) 

One  room  — private  office  of  Chief,  with  clothespress  adjoin- 
ing   

One  room  — outer  office  with  clothespress  adjoining 

One  room  for  storing  plans  of  schoolhouses 

13  Lazu  Division  (two  men  employees) 

One  room  — private  office  of  the  Chief,  with  clothespress  ad- 
joining   

One  room  — outer  office  with  clothespress  adjoining 

14  School  Libraries  Division  (three  employees  — two  men  and 
one  woman) 

One  room  — private  office  of  the  Chief,  with  clothespress  ad- 
joining   

One  room  — outer  office  with  clothespress  adjoining 

These  rooms  may  be  located,  if  practicable,  near  the  stack 
rooms  of  the  State  Library  so  that  the  books  accumulated  by  the 
division  may  be  cared  for  in  the  stacks. 

15  Division  of  Visual  Instruction  (seven  employees  — three  men 
and  four  women) 

One  room  — private  office  of  the  Chief,  with  clothespress  ad- 
joining  

One  room  — outer  office  with  clothespress  adjoining 

One  room  with  clothespress  adjoining 

One  room  for  cabinets  and  slides  — practically  a stackroom . . 
One  room  for  making  and  coloring  slides  with  north  light 
if  practicable  

16  Miscellaneous  rooms 

One  stenographers  room  near  the  rooms  of  the  Commissioner 

of  Education , • ■ • 

One  stenographers  room  near  the  offices  of  the  Assistant  Com- 
missioners of  Education 

Filing  room  — may  be  made  into  two  rooms,  if  necessary.  . 
Mailing  room 


400  sq.  ft 
500  sq.  ft 
500  sq.  ft 


400  sq.  ft 
300  sq.  ft 


400  sq.  ft 
300  sq.  ft 


400  sq.  ft 
500  sq.  ft 
600  sq.  ft 
1 200  sq.  ft 

400  sq.  ft 


600  sq. 

600  sq. 
1 000  sq. 
800  sq. 


. Supply  room  

Publication  room  — may  be  made  into  two  rooms,  if  neces- 
sary   

Printing  Clerks  room 

The  filing  room,  mailing  room,  supply  room  and  publica- 
tion room,  should  be  connected,  if  practicable.  The  mailing 
room  should  have  a small  freight  elevator  and  an  inside  stair- 
case to  the  basement  immediately  below  which  should  be  ar- 
ranged for  a shipping  room.  All  of  these  rooms  should  be  lo- 
cated on  the  first  floor. 

17  Audience  room,  to  accommodate  500  or  600  people  and  to 

have  adjoining  it  two  committee  rooms  of  about  400  sq. 
ft  each.  The  location  of  this  room  has  been  previously  in- 
dicated. 

18  General  storage.  At  least  4000  sq.  ft  should  be  provided  on 

the  first  floor  in  various  parts  of  the  building  for  general 
storage  purposes  

Private  toilet  rooms  should  be  provided  for  men  and  for 
women  adjacent  to  any  of  the  above  offices  not  otherwise  pro- 
vided for. 

STATE  LIBRARY 

- 68  employees  (24  men,  44  women) 

General  considerations 

In  the  following  schedule  of  rooms  nothing  is  said  about  hight  of  ceilings.  It  is, 
however,  essential  that  the  hight.  of  rooms,  from  center  to  center,  in  the  main  part  of  the 
building  should  be  multiples  of  the  hight  of  the  book  stack  stories,  from  center  to  center, 
in  order  that  the  main  floors  should  exactly  coincide  with  the  floors  of  the  stacks.  If  the 
main  floors  are  two  stack  stories  in  hight,  the  general  reading  room  (no.  1 below) 
should  be  at  least  three  stack  stories  in  hight.  Perhaps  it  would  be  well  to  have  high 
ceilings  also  for  rooms  2,  5,  7,  10  and  12. 

Ample  provision  should  be  made  for  separate  cloak  and  toilet  rooms  for  the  staff  and 
for  readers.  Their  number  and  location  will  depend  upon  the  general  scheme  of  arrange- 
ment, but  the  number  of  assistants  and  Library  School  students  and  the  probable  num- 
ber of  readers,  as  suggested  in  this  outline,  should  be  considered. 


800  sq.  ft 

1 400  sq.  ft 
800  sq.  ft 


4 500  sq.  ft 
800  sq.  ft 


4 000  sq.  ft 


1 


Good  ventilation,  heating,  and  natural  and  artificial  light  both  in  the  stacks  and  in 
the  reading  rooms  are  especially  important  in  a library.  In  some  of  the  reading  rooms 
high  windows  with  shelving  on  the  lower  walls  may  prove  desirable. 

In  the  following  schedule  of  rooms  some  idea  is  given  of  the  desirable  relative  loca- 
tion. When  a room  should  be  near  several  others,  these  others  are  named  in  order 
of  preference. 

1 General  reading  room 6 ooo  sq.  ft 

This  room  should  have  direct  access  to  book  stacks,  public 
corridors,  staircases  and  elevators,  and  should  have  seating  ca- 
pacity for  200  readers. 

2 History  and  genealogy  reading  room 3 500  sq.  ft 

This  room  should  connect  with  no.  1 and  have  seating  capac- 
ity for  50  people  with  space  at  the  rear  for  floor  cases  in  stack  ar- 
rangement. It  should  be  so  arranged  that  the  attendant  may  have 
oversight  of  the  map  room  (no.  3 below). 

3 Map  and  chart  room 1 500  sq.  ft 

This  room  should  connect  with  no.  2 and  should  be  near  1 
and  4. 

4 Manuscripts  — four  rooms 

Located  near  2 and  3 and  with  a total  area  of  6000  sq.  ft 6 000  sq.  ft 

a Reading  room  1 200  sq.  ft 

Door  of  this  room  should  be  the  only  entrance  to  the 
manuscript  rooms.  Should  connect  with  b and  d. 

b Office  of  Archivist 500  sq.  ft 

Should  connect  with  a and  c. 

c Workroom 1 000  sq.  ft 

Should  have  lavatory  and  should  connect  with  b and  d. 

d Manuscript  stacks 3 300  sq.  ft 

This  room  may  depend  on  artificial  light.  Should  connect 
by  doors  with  a and  c and,  if  convenient,  with  b.  Doors  to 
be  steel  and  partition  walls  fireproof. 


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5 Technology  reading  room 5 000  scl-  ft 

Should  be  near  general  reading  room  (no.  1 above)  and  with 
close  access  to  book  stacks.  There  should  be  two  special  study 
rooms  of  200  sq.  ft  each. 

6 Education  reading  room 1 500  sq.  ft 

Should  be  located  near  1 and  25. 

7 Medical  library 

Should  be  located  near  10  and  25,  should  be  divided  into  five 
rooms  as  follows  and  arranged  for  supervision  by  one  person : 

a Reading  room  2 300  sq.  ft 

b Medical  students  room 800  sq.  ft 

c Current  periodicals  room 75°  S(l-  ft 

d,  e Two  study  rooms,  (375  sq.  ft  each)  75°  scl-  ft 

8 Conversation  room 500  sq.  ft 

Near  general  reading  room  and  loan  desk. 

9 Exhibition  room  for  rare  books  and  manuscripts 2 000  sq.  ft 

10  Loan  desk  and  card  catalogue 2 000  ‘sq.  ft 

The  loan  desk  should  be  in  the  entrance  lobby  of  the  general 
reading  room.  The  card  catalogue  may  be  located  in  an  alcove 
opening  off  this  lobby. 

1 1 Individual  studies  — four,  rooms  of  250  sq.  ft  each ; near  gen- 

eral reading  room 1 000  sq.  ft 

12  Current  periodicals  reading  room 2 000  sq.  ft 

Near  general  reading  room. 

13  Cataloguing  room  (Including  classification  and  shelf  listing; 

connecting  with  no.  10  above  and  if  possible  with  no. 

14)  3 000  sq.  ft 

About  400  sq.  ft  of  this  space  should  be  partitioned  off  for 
typewriting. 

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14  Accessions  — three  rooms 

Should  be  located  near  or  have  convenient  access  to  13,  10,  12, 
and  elevator  to  shipping  room  and  bindery  in  basement. 

a Working  room *. 2 500  sq.  ft 

b Receiving  and  sorting  room 500  sq.  ft 

c Book  board  meeting  room 500  sq.  ft 

15  Sociology  — five  rooms,  with  a total  area  of  6500  sq.  ft 

Should  be  near  Law  library  and  have  direct  access  to  docu- 
ment collection  in  main  book  stack. 

a Legislative  reference  and  sociology  reading  room 4 500  sq.  ft 

b Consultation  room,  adjoining  a 400  sq.  ft 

c Sociology  librarian’s  office,  adjoining  b 400  sq.  ft 

d Office  for  clerks,  adjoining  c 800  sq.  ft 

c Room  for  supplies  and  work  tables,  adjoining  d 400  sq.  ft 

16  Law  library 

Eleven  rooms  with  a total  area  of  20,000  sq.  ft..  Should  ad- 
join stack  and  be  near  Sociology,  but  need  not  be  on  same  floor 
as  general  reading  room. 

a Main  reading' room 6 300  sq.  ft 

Accommodations  for  100  readers  at  long  tables. 

b Law  legislative  reference  room 2 800  sq.  ft 

Adjoining  above  and  no.  15a  and  with  accommodations 
for  32  readers.  Under  supervision  from  150, 

c Cataloguing  room 800  sq.  ft 

Adjoining  main  reading  room  (16a).  Four  assistants. 

d Law  librarian’s  office 5°°  scl- 

Adjoining  cataloguing  room  and  main  corridor.  Should 
contain  cases  for  rare  law  books. 

e Room  for  cases  and  briefs  and  periodicals 4 200  scl-  ft 

Adjoining  1 6a  and  16c  and  under  supervision  from  1 6a. 


/ Workroom 500  sq.  ft 

Adjoining  16  c. 

g Textbook  and  miscellaneous  collection  room 1 800  sq.  ft 

Adjoining,  or  part  of  16a. 

h English  and  foreign  room 2 200  sq.  ft 

Adjoining  i6<?. 

i Three  consultation  rooms  300  sq.  ft  each 900  sq.  ft 

Should  be  near  160. 

17  Rare  and  restricted  books 1 000  sq.  ft 

Might  be  near  9 and  4. 

18  Library  for  the  blind 2 500  sq.  ft 

Preferably  50  x 50  ft  with  floor  bookcases  in  stack  arrange- 
ment occupying  two  thirds  of  room.  Remaining  space  near  win- 
dows for  readers  and  attendants. 

19  Study  chib  or  teachers  classroom 1 000  sq.  ft 

Near  main  library  staircase/with  direct  access  from  corridor 
and  with  seating  capacity  for  50  people. 

20  Director’s  offices 

Four  rooms  and  lavatory. 

a Director’s  private  office 400  sq.  ft 

b General  office  600  sq.  ft 

c Workroom  . 200  sq.  ft 

d Stenographers  room 200  sq.  ft 

e Cloakroom  and  lavatory 125  sq.  ft 

2 1 General  stenographers  room 500  sq.  ft 

Near  20. 

22  Room  for  supplies 500  sq.  ft 

Near  20. 

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Library  School 


5 employees  (i  man,  4 women) 

Provision  for  100  students  (20  men,  80  women) 

23  Nine  rooms  with  a total  area  of  12,100  sq.  ft.  These  rooms 

might  be  located  near  Division  of  Educational  Extension 
and  need  not  be  on  same  floor  with  general  reading  room. 

a Schoolroom 4 500  sq.  ft 

Space  for  100  students  desks. 

b Large  lecture  room 1 500  sq.  ft 

c Smaller  lecture  room 1 200  sq.  ft 

b and  c may  adjoin  a. 

d Offices 1 000  sq.  ft 

Adjoining  or  part  of  a. 

e Seminar  room 1 000  sq.  ft 

f Typewriting  room '. 700  sq.  ft 

g Room  for  supplies 400  sq.  ft 

May  be  dark. 

h Conversation  room 200  sq.  ft 

Should  be  near  a. 

i Room  for  samples  and  exhibits 1 600  sq.  ft 

Educational  Extension 

16  employees  (3  men,  13  women) 

24  Four  rooms  with  a total  area  of  9000  sq.  ft  and  easy  com- 

munication by  elevator  with  shipping  room  in  basement. 

a Office  of  chief 500  sq.  ft 

b Inspectors  room 900  sq.  ft 


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c Office  for  traveling  library  assistants 900  sq.  ft 

a , b and  c to  connect  and  open  on  d. 

d Traveling  library  room 6 700  sq.  ft 


To  be  fitted  with  floor  cases  for  40,000  volumes  and  to 
connect  directly  with  main  stack.  Space  at  windows  for  10 
desk^. 

25  Stacks,  capacity  2,000,000  volumes,  8 volumes  to  be  allowed 
per  linear  foot. 

If  the  requisite  capacity  can  be  secured,  it  is  desirable  that  the 
stack  projection  or  projections  should  not  exceed  50  ft  in  width. 

Every  cross  aisle  must  have  as  large  a window  as  possible  at 
each  end. 

Shelves  should  be  9 in.  deep  and  ioj4  in.  high  in  the  clear.  One 
or  more  cases  of  deeper  shelving  carried  through  all  floors  of  the 
stack  are  needed.  Each  floor  of  the  stack  should  be  either  7 or 
8 shelves  high. 

Main  aisle  should  be  5 ft  wide,  side  and  cross  aisles  3 ft  wide. 

Cases  should  stand  4 ^ ft  apart,  from  center  to  center. 

Provision  should  be  made  for  study  tables  on  each  floor  or  for 
a vertical  series  of  small  study  rooms. 

The  points  of  connection  with  the  main  building  should  be 
narrow  and  fitted  with  fireproof  doors.  Stack  should  contain  a 
service  elevator  and  a stairway. 


The  library  will  need  about  7000  sq.  ft  of  floor  space  in  the  basement  to  be  used  as 
follows : 

Bindery  (3000  sq.  ft) 

Should  have  convenient  connection  with  accessions  room  (no. 

14  above)  by  service  elevator. 


Shipping  room  ( 1000  sq.  ft) 

For  receiving  and  packing  books  and  traveling  libraries. 
Storeroom  (3000  sq.  ft) 


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STATE  MUSEUM 


1 Director’s  office  with  lavatory  and  clothespress  adjoining  . . . 700  sq.  ft 

2 Director’s  clerk  and  stenographer  — clothespress  adjoining  . . 600  sq.  ft 

3 Files,  laboratory,  map  room 300  sq.  ft 

4 Storage  for  publications 600  sq.  ft 

5 Office  of  Assistant  Geologist,  lavatory  and  clothespress  ad- 

joining   500  sq.  ft 

6 Office  of  Assistant  Paleontologist,  with  clothespress  ad- 

joining  500  sq.  ft 

7 Office  of  Assistant  in  Economic  Geology,  with  clothespress 

adjoining 500  sq.  ft 

8 Mineralogist  and  instrument  room 500  sq.  ft 

9 Office  prqjaratory  in  geology 300  sq.  ft 

10  Office  for  clerical  force,  with  clothespress  adjoining 500  sq.  ft 

1 1 Geologic-mineralogic  laboratory 300  sq.  ft 

12  Photographic  and  dark  room 250  sq.  ft 

13  Machinery  and  rock-cutting  plant 2 500  sq.  ft 

If  practicable,  the  machinery  and  rock-cutting  plant  may  be  lo- 
cated in  the  basement  of  the  building. 

14  Office  of  draughtsman  and  lithographer 200  sq.  ft 

15  Exhibition  room,  general  geology 1 000  sq.  ft 

16  Exhibition  room,  economic  geology 4 5°°  scl-  ft 

17  Exhibition  room,  paleontology 6 000  sq.  ft 

18  Exhibition  room,  mineralogy 4 7°°  scl- 

19  State  Entomologist,  assistants  and  clerical  force,  with  lava- 

tory and  clothespress  adjoining 3 5°°  scl-  ft 

20  Exhibition  room,  entomology 2 500  sq.  ft 

21  Storage  room 200  sq.  ft 

22  Insectory . 600  sq.  ft 

23  Office  of  Zoologist,  with  lavatory  and  clothespress  adjoining  250  sq.  ft 

24  Dry  laboratory  with  equipment 3°°  S(l-  ft 

25  Wet  laboratory  with  equipment 3°°  S(l-  ft 

26  Dark  room 5°  scl-  ft 

27  General  introductory  and  synoptic  collections  of  zoology  and 

bionomy 1 750  sq.  ft 


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28  New  York  fauna 5 °5°  ST  ft 

29  Special  display  groups 2 000  sq.  ft 

30  Geographic  assemblages 200  sq.  ft 

31  Special  type  collections 5°°  scl-  ft 

32  Aquaria  and  vivaria 5°°  scl-  ft 

33  Taxidermy  workroom,  reference  and  skinning  room 750  sq.  ft 

34  Osteology,  work  and  maceration  rooms 5°°  scl-  ft 

35  Room  for  plaster  casting  and  painting  with  roof  illumination  300  sq.  ft 

36  Storage  for  unmounted  skins,  skeletons,  alcoholic  specimens, 

loan  and  exchange  material,  etc 1 000  sq.  ft 

37  Office  State  Botanist  and  assistants,  with  lavatory  and 

clothespress  adjoining 1 5°°  ST  ft 

38  Exhibit  State  Herbarium,  trees,  etc 2 500  sq.  ft 

39  Office  of  Archeologist  and  collections,  with  lavatory  and 

clothespress  adjoining 2 500  sq.  ft 

40  Storag'e  rooms  in  the  basement  of  the  building 6 000  sq.  ft 


Total 57  200  sq.  ft 


The  Museum  should  be  further  provided  with  a private  toilet  room  for  men  and 
one  for  women. 

If,  after  all  other  allotments  of  space  have  been  provided  for,  there  is  still  room 
and  floor  space  to  be  utilized,  it  is  desired  that  5000  sq.  ft  be  used  as  a foyer  to  the 
exhibition  rooms,  and  that  5000  additional  sq.  ft  of  space  be  added  in  equal  amounts 
to  the  exhibition  rooms  in  geology,  paleontology,  mineralogy  and  archeology. 

The  terms  of  the  competition.  The  terms  of  the  competition  set  forth  in  this  pro- 
gram and  in  the  program  of  the  first  competition  will  become  the  basis  of  the  agree- 
ment between  the  State  o”f  New  York  on  the  one  hand  and  each  competitor  and  the 
appointed  architect  on  the  other  hand.  The  terms  set  forth  in  the  program  of  the 
first  competition  will  be  taken  as  a guide  except  as  modified  by  the  Trustees  of  Public 
Buildings  herein  or  hereafter. 

Information.  Information  concerning  the  uses  of  rooms  or  the  usages  and  needs  of 
the  Department  may  be  obtained  by  addressing  the  Commissioner  of  Education,  and 


this  will  be  communicated  simultaneously  to  all  of  the  architects.  No  further  informa- 
tion will  be  given  by  any  member  of  the  Board  of  Award  and  if  any  changes  in  the 
scheme  of  competition  are  desired  by  the  Board  they  will  become  the  subject  of  for- 
mal action  which  will  be  communicated  to  the  competitors.  No  communication  relat- 
ing to  information  or  changes  in  the  scheme  of  this  Competition  will  be  received  after 
February  15,  1907,  and  no  changes  will  be  made  nor  information  given  after  March  1, 
1907- 

Anonymity  of  authorship.  Each  set  of  drawings,  with  its  accompanying  descrip- 
tion, must  be  securely  wrapped  and  sealed  and  addressed  in  typewriting  to  the  Com- 
missioner of  Education  at  the  Capitol,  Albany,  N.  Y.,  and  plainly  and  conspicuously 
marked  “DRAWINGS  FOR  STATE  EDUCATION  BUILDING  COMPETITION.” 
Neither  drawings  nor  wrapper  should  have  any  distinguishing  mark  or  device  which 
might  disclose  the  identity  of  the  competitors,  each  of  whom  will  inclose  with  his  draw- 
ings a plain  white,  opaque  envelop  within  which  he  will  inclose  a card  bearing  his 
name  and  address.  The  envelop  must  be  securely  sealed. 

The  judgment.  The  Board  of  Award  will,  at  a designated  time,  open  each  pack- 
age, place  a number  upon  the  envelop  containing  the  name  and  address  of  the  com- 
petitor, and  place  the  same  number  upon  every  inclosure  within  the  package.  En- 
velops will  be  preserved  unopened  until  after  the  final  determination.  The  Board  will 
then  select  the  first,  second,  and  third  most  meritorious  designs  presented  and  so  desig- 
nate them  by  their  respective  numbers.  After  such  selection  is  made,  the  envelops  cor- 
responding to  the  numbers  on  the  plans  will  be  opened  and  the  Board  will  notify  the 
successful  authors  that  they  have  been  respectively  awarded  the  first,  second,  and  third 
places,  as  the  case  may  be. 

Prizes  and  Fees.  Each  of  the  architects  entering  this  competition  and  presenting 
designs  in  accordance  therewith  will  be  paid  the  sum  of  $1000.  The  author  of  the 
design  determined  to  be  entitled  to  third  place  in  the  order  of  merit  will  be  paid  an 
additional  $1000.  The  author  of  the  design  determined  to  be  entitled  to  second  place 
in  the  order  of  merit  will  be  paid  an  additional  $2000.  The  author  of  the  design  deter- 
mined to  have  the  highest  order  of  merit  will  be  appointed  architect  of  the  building 
subject  to  such  association  with  some  other  architect  as  the  Board  may  deem  necessary 
in  a contingency  hereinbefore  mentioned,  and  will  be  paid  fees  therefor  upon  the  basis 
heretofore  established  by  the  American  Institute  of  Architects,  after  deducting  any 


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payments  which  may  already  have  been  made  to  him  in  connection  with  the  compe- 
tition. The  compensation  of  the  architect  will  be  paid  from  time  to  time  as  in  the 
opinion  of  the  Trustees  of  Public  Buildings  may  be  just. 

Close  of  competition.  The  competition  will  terminate  at  five  o’clock  p.  m.  on  Mon- 
day, April  i,  1907.  Plans  must  be  received  at  the  office  of  the  Commissioner  of  Edu- 
cation by  that  hour  in  order  to  be  entitled  to  consideration. 

January  10,  1907 


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